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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT an Uf a Coaper Callahan Conrad Venn oat fh | a TO : MR. TOLSON DATE: 6/21/63 Gale - ct Tetter®!__ FROM : A. H.. Betnonsh~ cc Mr. Belmont &. Tele. Reon — Mr. Sullivan 2 Gandy | i Mr. DeLoach : L.°" "SUBJECT: Mr, Branigan b, . CHRISTINE KEELER Mr. Litrento >° JOHN PROFUMO ~~ IS -R8 During the conference with Secretary McNamara, Mr. McCone, and Lt. Gen. Carroll, in McNamara's office yesterday afternoon, on the Keeler-Profumo matter, there were two items which I brought up which are not contained in my memorandum of 6/20/63. «= I told Secretary McNamara that we had picked up rumors to the effect that the FBI had possessed the information on this case back in 1961 and had briefed the British on it at that time. I told McNamara that we had checked our records and with our people in London and there was no substance to these rumors; that we are y, running, down any rumors of this type to pin them down. NS: 5 | —— 7 I also “wentioned that we have learned that the” NY “Journal- American is going to put out a story on a case involving one < Harry Alpfovers, who was engaged in vice activities several - - - years ago; that this man Towers had come to from London and had brought in a call girl by the name of Maria”“Novotny, as a result of which the NY Police Department arrested Towers. ‘The FBI s bby sequently filed a complaint against him alleging violation of fhe White Slave Traffic Act, and he fled, and we understand is now x living in Czechoslovakia. The girl Novotny ace} tbe London and newspaper accounts indicate her husband, Horac Dibben, was involyed with vice activities in London. I stated that we do 4 not know just what angle the Journal-American is going to play = on this story, but we are attempting to. ~check ane At. = . é oh. _ al, HET, nueaTin AME _— _ , ay AHB:CSA (6) KER o4:9 wean eacyets _ =i ; Er wha ake Unuenual a ae JUN 2G 1263 BATE 2 Bis: — = oe Be i 6F2 2s BAP Pie S o fOL IS * ae 2 \ye ‘0 oI~-CEAIE YF